Boston Student Housing & Higher Education

Jay Doherty began his career at Cabot, Cabot & Forbes in 1981 as a project manager and held a succession of staff and managerial positions, culminating in his promotion to president of the firm in 1998. Jay has served as Chairman of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the leading voice for commercial real estate in Massachusetts, and is currently a Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of The Massachusetts Business Roundtable (MBR). Jay graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1981 and with a BA from Middlebury College in 1975.

Marc Robillard, Assistant Vice President, Auxiliary Services, joined the University in 1982 as Assistant Director of Housing and in 1983 was named Associate Director of Housing. In 1987 Marc was promoted to Director of Housing, a position he held for 23 years. Promoted to Executive Director of Auxiliary Services in 2011, Marc was responsible for BU Housing and Vending Services and for leading special projects related to both housing, dining and vending operations. In 2017 Marc was promoted to Assistant Vice President of Auxiliary Services and currently serves as project manager for the renovation of Myles Standish Hall. In addition, Marc oversees project planning for large and small residences and leads improvement initiatives for campus dining, Terrier Card, and housing security systems. Marc is also responsible for managing the integration of Auxiliary Services functions related to the Wheelock College merger.

Trisha Filippone is Vice President of Business Development and Client Services for Education. She works closely with regional and national leadership to develop client relations and implement growth strategy for the company’s Northeast Region, specializing in public and private K-12 education, as well as higher education, with a focus on Public Private Partnership delivery. She has spent the last 13 years in higher education, at institutions including Harvard, MIT and UMass, and over 32 years working on developing, financing, and constructing nearly $10 billion of assets in Massachusetts. She is a recognized leader in the industry and a Subject Matter Expert on Public Private Partnerships. Prior to joining Suffolk, she served in various positions at the University of Massachusetts including Executive Director of the University of Massachusetts Building Authority (UMBA). As Executive Director, Filippone oversaw an ambitious $3.1 billion growth plan that includes the building and renovation of academic and research buildings, dormitories, and athletic facilities on all five UMass campuses. She was involved in numerous capital projects to improve teaching, learning and student life. Filippone joined UMBA in 2012 as CFO and assistant secretary-treasurer. As CFO, she managed all aspects of finance, including controller, treasury, risk management, business systems, and capital planning. In addition she served in various positions at The Broad Institute, including CFO and assistant treasurer, senior financial officer and controller. Previously, she was director of Allston Finance at Harvard University and 12 years at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Filippone is a member of the Massachusetts’s Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Treasurer’s Club of Boston, Financial Executives International, Boston Women in Public Finance, Professional Women in Construction, and the Society for College and University Planning.

Kevin has established himself as a leader with the ability to expertly guide teams from master planning and preconstruction processes all the way through project completion. Throughout his 25-year career at Shawmut, Kevin has gained experience and responsibility, working his way up from Assistant Project Manager to Vice President. He has built lasting relationships with local colleges and universities due to his work with all facets of campus construction, building everything from administrative offices, to fast-track dining renovations, to historic renovation/preservation projects. Thanks to this wide range of expertise, our clients consider Kevin a full-service academic leader. As a long-term veteran on academic sites, he has developed a strong sense of how to plan and manage complex construction around the constraints of an occupied campus, and believes strongly in the value of immersing ourselves in the campus so that we may learn the needs of students and faculty before we develop logistics plans and schedules. Kevin delivers on Shawmut’s goal of exceptional client service at every level — he understands what clients are looking for from their construction managers, and ensures those expectations are met, and exceeded. Kevin is currently a Board Member of the Room to Dream Foundation, a foundation that creates healing environments in hospitals, communities, and homes for children and adolescents who are facing chronic illnesses.

Richard Marks is the founder and principal owner of Daedalus Projects, Inc., a construction consulting company based in Boston. Richard has overseen more than $1 billion in public and private construction across the Northeast as an Owner's Project Manager. After graduating from Harvard University, Richard worked for Hanscomb Associates, where he ran the Cambridge office. As Principal with Daedalus Projects, he has overseen major new Student Residences at Westfield State, Worcester State and the award winning “Treehouse” at Mass College of Art. His expertise also includes a variety of campus infrastructure improvements, renovation, and capital construction projects including academic buildings, athletics facilities, visual and performing arts facilities, a campus energy plant and administrative offices. Richard’s approach to successful projects is based on building strong partnerships within project teams and providing detailed oversight of cost and quality. Richard also serves on the Board of Directors for College Ready Now, a non-profit organization that raises scholarship funds for first generation college students.

Jonathan Greeley is the Director of Development Review for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. In this role, he oversees all real estate and development projects within the City of Boston. Jonathan has significant experience with public engagement and neighborhood revitalization activities in complex urban environments. Since first joining the BRA as an intern in 2005, his work has included the implementation of the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan, the reinvigoration of Downtown Crossing, conceptualization of air rights development along the Massachusetts Turnpike, and long-term planning for the Fenway neighborhood. Most recently, he has helped to launch Imagine Boston 2030. Jonathan, who resides in the Back Bay, holds a B.A. from St. Anselm College and an M.A in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University. He received his AICP certification from the American Planning Association in 2014.

Sarah Gallop is Director of Government and Community Relations at MIT. She loves the Cambridge community and tries to bring a caring and collaborative problem-solving approach to her interactions with residents, public officials, and advocacy groups. Before joining MIT, Sarah worked for the City of Boston in various planning and development roles. Sarah received her BA in Political Science from Bates College and her MBA in Organizational Behavior from Boston University.

Christopher Hill AIA is a Principal at CBT with over 30 years of experience in architectural and urban design for campus residential environments. His experience spans a variety of projects ranging from academic and institutional facilities to mixed-use office and residential complexes in and beyond Boston. He has been invited to lecture and speak on the topic of academic residence hall design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, ACUHO-I, ERRAPA, NACAS, SCUP and the AIA National Conference. He has also published articles in Planning, Urban Land, Talking Stick, College Planning + Management, and Multi-Family News. He has contributed research to Campus Architecture by Richard P. Dober, The Residential Development Handbook by the Urban Land Institute, and to the “21st Century Project: The Residence Hall of the Future,” sponsored by ACUHO-I. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota.

As vice president for real estate, Maureen Hickey is responsible for real estate, campus planning, and facilities management for Berklee’s extensive 1.2 million square feet of owned and leased facilities. Maureen is leading the development of an updated institutional master plan, the first since the merger in 2016, which will encompass long-range planning consistent with Berklee’s vision, mission, and strategic priorities. She has extensive experience in campus planning, including helping internal stakeholders meet their space and capital project needs, supporting long-range financial planning with multiyear campus investment needs and priorities, and establishing a proactive approach to improve campus accessibility and sustainability. Maureen comes to Berklee from Northeastern University, where she held critical roles in campus planning and real estate development, including leading a partnership with a private student housing developer to construct a new, 825-bed residence hall on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Prior to Northeastern, she gained experience at Preservation of Affordable Housing and at Harvard University’s Allston Development Group, where she managed real estate acquisition projects. A cum laude graduate of Harvard College, she earned a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.

A graduate of Boston University School of Law (90), Glenn left a legal career for Triumph in 2003. A LEED AP (USGBC) he works with clients primarily in preconstruction to form healthy foundations for successful projects. Glenn advocates for the value proposition in prefabricated forms of construction, believing in the many benefits of “activation space” or “swing space” as well in the “modularization” of permanent building construction. He also enjoys an active curriculum in architecture and building science.

Ken Johnson is Vice President of Education for BOND Brothers, Inc. With over 30 years’ construction experience, he is an expert in planning large-scale campus construction projects. Ken has served as both an academic institutional owner and builder providing construction management services. This all-encompassing experience has given him a keen understanding of the complex needs and sensitivities surrounding projects such as residence halls, student centers, theaters and athletic facilities. Bond has recently completed Boston College’s Thomas More Apartments Residence Hall, and currently under construction, Brandeis University’s Skyline Residence Hall. Prior to BOND, Ken served in a leadership role for Harvard University, delivering major capital projects such as the Riverside Housing Program that included 500-beds of student and affiliate housing, renovation and expansion of the Harvard Art Museum and Wyss Institute. Ken holds an MS in Civil Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a BS in Engineering Technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology.